Denver-based law firm Messner Reeves LLP has made a further push into the Arizona market by scooping up a high-profile employment law practice group from a Phoenix firm.
Julie Pace, David Selden and Heidi Nunn-Gilman lead the group of five attorneys and six other support staff, formerly with Gammage & Burnham PLC, who joined Messner Reeves effective Feb. 1. Pace, Selden and Nunn-Gilman have all been named partners of the Colorado firm.
The move comes less than two years after Messner Reeves initially set up its Phoenix office when it established its own intellectual property practice group led by Greg Sitrick, who joined the firm in August 2020 as a partner after working for a decade in the Phoenix office of Quarles & Brady LLP. The Denver firm has since added three other attorneys to its Valley IP practice.
Caleb Meyer, CEO of Messner Reeves, told the Business Journal that the deal to bring in the attorneys from Gammage & Burnham was done relatively quickly after he spoke to Pace in late 2021. He said Pace and her group will focus on growing the firm's litigation work.
"Julie and her group were looking for a better fit for their practice and certainly saw the culture that we've built [in Phoenix]. Timing is everything in the business world, and we're always on the lookout for great talent and a great fit with people and individuals. The confluence of all those things came together for us. Not only does this add diversity to our practice groups and solidify the...
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